Chapter 49: My Daughter is Pregnant
Chapter 49: My Daughter is Pregnant
(Theodore’s POV)
When I saw that the woman in my arms was Clara, I breathed a long sigh of relief. The terror that had gripped my heart slowly began to ease.
I quickly summoned healers and nurses. “Emergency! Get her to the operating room now!”
Clara was rushed into the emergency room for treatment. Blood stained my shirt, but all I could think about was getting
back to Olivia.
I returned to the second–floor ward where Olivia waited. She huddled in the corner by the window, her gaze empty and dazed.
She looked like a wounded pup, curled up and broken. Seeing that she was unharmed, a wave of relief washed over me.
I approached and pulled her into my embrace. The feeling of having found what I thought I had lost overwhelmed me completely.
“My love,” I whispered against her hair. “Thank the moon goddess you’re safe.”
(Olivia’s POV)
“How is she?” I asked.
Theodore replied softly, “She’s still in surgery.”
I leaned against his shoulder and explained what had happened. “She tried to throw me down from upstairs. But she lost her balance, and when I dodged, she fell down herself.”
I felt the man holding me stiffen noticeably. His entire body went rigid against mine.
“She doesn’t matter,” he responded, but his voice carried a strange tension. “As long as you’re safe, that’s what’s most important. No matter what happens, I won’t let you get hurt.”
I saw his eyes flickering, avoiding my direct gaze. After all these years together, his expression told me everything.
He didn’t believe what I was saying. But in the past, no matter what happened, he would stand by my side without question.
Now doubt clouded his features. The realization cut deeper than any physical wound.
I noticed the surveillance camera on the telephone pole outside the building. It could capture the window clearly.
However, I felt it didn’t matter whether I could prove my innocence. Those who believed me didn’t need proof.
Those who didn’t believe me wouldn’t change their minds even if they saw it with their own eyes.
Suddenly, Silvanus and Ophelia burst into the room. Their faces were twisted with rage and grief.
Ophelia pointed at me with a shaking finger. “It’s you, you shameless woman!”
Her face contorted with pure hatred as she grabbed my collar. “You hate me, then come after me! Why did you push Clara
down the stairs?”
“She’s your sister! She’s pregnant with a pup. How could you be so heartless?”
Theodore knocked away Ophelia’s hands and protected me behind him. But Ophelia had lost all reason to fury.
She continued to attack hysterically, clawing at Theodore’s face. “I know what you’re trying to do!”
“You want my daughter to die along with her pup to protect your position as Luna. Dream on!”
“My daughter will surely overcome this crisis and replace you through her pregnancy!”
All of heir clawing and scratching landed on Theodore’s face. I remained completely unharmed behind his protective
stance.
I raised my hand and gave Ophelia a heavy slap. The sound echoed through the room like a gunshot.
The room fell silent for a moment.
“What did you say about Clara? How is she going to take my position as Luna through her pregnancy?”
I turned to look at Theodore with questioning eyes. But he wasn’t looking at me.
Instead, he called out sharply, “Pack Enforcers, throw this madwoman out!”
Hearing Theodore call her a madwoman, Ophelia was on the verge of exploding. But Theodore used his Alpha power to suppress her.
The overwhelming force made it impossible for her to open her mouth to speak. The pack enforcers immediately entered
the room.
Silvanus, seeing the situation turning against them, pulled Ophelia back. “Ophelia spoke incorrectly in her confusion.”
Then he launched into his own accusations. “But you’ve disappointed me so much! You’re exactly like your vicious mother!”
“Back then, I should never have given up custody of you. You’ve become this heartless and inhumane person!”
“Even if you’re my biological daughter, I won’t let the matter of you pushing Clara down the stairs slide!”
I fired back with devastating precision. “You want to talk about being heartless and inhumane?”
“How about I tell everyone how you deceived and betrayed my mother Lyra. You said you were destined mates, but you concealed the fact that you already had a son when you mated with her.”
“To seize my mother’s property, you mated with her. Then you brought your mistress Ophelia into our household as a
servant.”
“You conducted your affair under my mother’s nose, eventually fathering the illegitimate daughter Clara.”
*Tell me, Silvanus, who is truly inhumane here?”
“And that k********g case, you planned it, didn’t you? My mother kept advising me to let go of my hatred toward you, and how did you repay us?”
The memory pierced my heart like swallowing silver needles.
I greatly admired Silvanus’s cleverness. He had actually reported the matter to the pack joint council.
Those who arrived at the scene were the joint council’s clan enforcers. Their presence made everything more official and threatening.
Silvanus immediately shouted to them, “Enforcer, she’s the one who pushed my daughter down the stairs!”
“Many people upstairs and downstairs saw it!”
The pack enforcer looked at both parties with professional detachment. “We will conduct a detailed investigation. We won’t let any guilty person escape nor wrongfully accuse any innocent person.”
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Ophelia pointed at Theodore. “Enforcer, Alpha Theodore is the witness! When he arrived, he saw with his own eyes that Olivia pushed my daughter off the windowsill!”
The pack enforcer recognized Theodore immediately. “Alpha Redgrave, is this true?” the enforcer asked formally. Silvanus and Ophelia stretched their necks expectantly, watching Theodore. Silvanus added pressure, “Despite Olivia being Theodore’s mate, he shouldn’t conceal the facts about such a malicious woman.”
“She would harm her half–sister due to past emotional disputes.”
I saw Theodore’s hesitation clearly. I sneered as I walked toward the enforcer, ready to defend myself.
At that moment, Eleonora returned with Agnes. She had heard about the incident and rushed back.
She walked through the door and stood protectively in front of me. “My daughter Livvy is very kind and would never do such a thing! It wasn’t my daughter who pushed her.”
She turned to her son with expectant eyes. “Isn’t that right, son?”
Only then did Theodore speak. “My mate didn’t push anyone down. Please investigate thoroughly.”
Silvanus and Ophelia’s faces fell upon hearing this response. They glared at Theodore as if they wanted to devour him alive.
A healer then arrived, looking grave. “I need to speak with Clara’s family members.”
Silvanus and Ophelia immediately responded, rushing forward. “We’re her parents!”
The healer delivered the devastating news. “I’m very sorry to inform you that the pup couldn’t be saved.”
Theodore immediately said with a grave expression, “No matter how much it costs, save the adult.”
Facing everyone’s surprised looks, Eleonora explained smoothly, “After all, she’s my distant relative.”
I could no longer tolerate their mother–son act. The pretense was suffocating me.
“Elder Eleonora, she’s the illegitimate daughter of my father and another woman. How is she your distant relative?”
I recounted the painful history. “My mother fled to Stonehaven City to seek your help after being betrayed by my father.”
“You cursed Silvanus, calling such men street rats who deserved to be beaten wherever they appeared.”
“Why has his illegitimate daughter become your distant relative?”
“Why did you arrange this ‘distant relative‘ as your son’s caregiver?”
“Why has this caregiver taught my son not to recognize his own mother and call her ‘mommy‘ instead?”
I couldn’t stand it anymore. I pointed at Ophelia with shaking fingers.
“Ophelia claimed the moment she walked in that I was jealous because I was about to lose my Luna position and pushed her daughter down the stairs.”
“So what exactly are you hiding from me? Theodore, is Clara really Caleb’s girlfriend and not someone special to you?”